Internal House Cleaning

Aaron's birthday is in a couple of days, so I'm using Rest Day to delve into some birthday preparations including baking his cake. The man loooooooooooves carrot cake. It's in the oven right now. And, I know I'm not the first to say this, but I really am on board with the idea that carrot cake should be considered healthy because it's chock full of carrots. You can even see 'em. I think that's pretty solid evidence for nutritional points, right?! Of course, I had a couple of spoonfuls of the batter after filling the pans (yeah, like that's just me), and now my stomach is totally upset. 'Happens every year. It's not that I don't learn, it's that I don't care.

In the meantime, I recently watched one of Oprah's Life Class episodes featuring Bishop T.D. Jakes (original air date: 9/15/2013). He said something in his talk that blew. my. mind. , and I wanted to share:

(with regard to holding on to pain of the past):
When you hold on to your history, you do it at the expense of your destiny.

When I heard that, I stopped what I was doing, rewound it, and I listened over and over. And, over.

How many ways can you apply this to your life? And, how is what you're holding on to holding you back? And, is the price paid for holding on to that pain worth what you're missing out on?

Of course this is applicable to my running adventures; if 39-year-old me continued to listen to young-teen me, I wouldn't have taken a step. But, that's the very least of the ways I can apply the above quote to my life ...

Take a moment to ponder, and make sure you're living your life to its fullest!! I'm going to fill my tomorrow morning up with my long run! The overnight temp is going to be in the 50s ... what a perfect way to set the morning up for awesome running weather!! I'll check in after!